This jazz concerto for alto sax opens with slow, rhapsodic writing reminiscent of Rachmaninov, perhaps tinged with a little Gershwin here and there. A few minutes in and the sound world starts to change: piano syncopations under the solo line drive the rhythm and tempo forward, with jazz band instrumentation joining the symphony orchestra. The slower and reflective mood returns briefly before a thrillingly noisy big-band section brings the concerto to a close.

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